Category Archives: Random Fun

Random Fun

Magnetic Buckyballs

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Jim Z.

A hollow sphere I made from my patent filing award.

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Please Rate Our Toilet

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Jim Z.

An electronic touch panel for the sole purpose of collecting votes on the quality of the restroom, at Singapore Changi Airport.

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This Lawn is Under Renovation for Your Continued Enjoyment

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Jim Z.

First time I’ve seen a lawn “out of service.” Not sure exactly what this means, but from the lengths of the grass it just seems as if they just stopped cutting it.

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OS X Lion

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Jim Z.

Lion would not install on my Mac Mini Server running Snow Leopard Server since I had decided not to buy Lion Server. But Apple’s lame policy restriction was no match for my leet hacker skillz. Shown is the minimalist login … Continue reading →

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Fudan

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Jim Z.

Eating at the Fudan cafeteria for a GoogleServe event.

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Made in China

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Jim Z.

Why bother labeling the point of origin individually if everything comes from the same place? This is from the business class amenity kit given by United on my LAX-PVG segment. Two setbacks ended in a net positive today on my … Continue reading →

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